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Perennial renews contract with SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... has reappointed SS&C Technologies Holdings as its unit registry services provider. The fund manager is sticking with SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS), which will provide unit registry services for its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ...

NZ Super Fund chief investment officer departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
The Guardians of NZ Superannuation Fund has confirmed the chief investment officer is departing just one week after it announced the appointment of a new chief executive. Chief investment officer Stephen Gilmore will leave the NZ Super Fund at the end ...

Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
Samantha Mostyn has been confirmed as Australia's new governor-general after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's recommendation was approved by King Charles III. Mostyn said she was honoured by the appointment and was ready to serve with "integrity ...

BlackRock faces 'stiff competition' from APAC asset managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... investment strategy appeal, client-centric approach, expertise, solidity, and local knowledge, uncovering the most revered global and regional brands across the US, APAC, and Europe. It showed APAC fund selectors place increasing importance on asset ...

Evolution of investment operations spurs new recruitment trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... resourcing challenges, allowing their current staff to focus on projects and client delivery." He also noted that firms with global recruitment teams are often missing out on talent due to the lengthy process of screening and interviewing candidates ...

Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... pre-pandemic norms, with an aggregate value of $10 billion raised. "A general trend has emerged where, in a more subdued global and market environment, more capital is being committed to fewer, but more experienced, fund managers," Preqin said. Of all ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... serving as director, portfolio strategy for one year. He left Future Fund in mid-2022, becoming a Fellow of US think tank AIF Global's Center for Private Capital Investing. Previously, he spent more than 16 years at Victorian Funds Management Corporation ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... determined Vanguard misled investors via claims it made about certain ESG screens it applied to its Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund. On March 8, the indexing giant admitted to "engaging in conduct that was liable to mislead the public ...

Investment managers embracing AI: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... of its capabilities to deliver positive economic benefits, with an average expectation of a US$14 trillion boost to the global economy by 2030. Most managers predict AI to increase market efficiency, but some expect it to increase concentration. Interestingly ...

Infrastructure a foundational portfolio asset class: IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... growth in renewable energy and energy security infrastructure, such as solar power and battery storage. The report said the global energy transition will arguably be "the most significant structural change" undertaken since the early industrial revolution. ...